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GREELEY — Windsor High School football coach Chris Jones has a story he likes to tell his team about brick layers.

Someone walks up to a person laying bricks and asks what they’re doing. “Laying bricks,” the worker responds.

Then they walk up to a second brick layer with the same question. “I’m making a cathedral,” the person says.

The meaning is to be able to see the big picture, not just the single moment you’re in.

That’s what Windsor is trying to do. The small picture is winning the game at hand, but the big picture includes trying to retain the Northern Conference title and make the postseason.

Windsor added another brick to that project Friday with a 42-0 demolition of Greeley Central on a bitterly cold and windy night at District 6 Stadium in Greeley.

The stats easily showed the dominance Windsor (4-2, 2-1 Northern Conference) had over Greeley Central (2-4, 1-2). The Wizards rushed for 379 yards and even passed for another 86.

Greeley Central’s Travis Lechman came into the game on the momentum of a 319-yard rushing performance the week before. His first carry Friday went for 20 yards. He ended the night with 29 yards on 16 carries.

It was the perfect bounce back after the Windsor defense allowed 244 rush yards in a loss to Longmont last week.

“They have a lot of pride and we have a lot of pride as a program in our defense and how well those guys defend the run,” Jones said. “We came back with a vengeance tonight. We knew they were going to that guy and we took care of business.”

The next step in building the metaphorical cathedral is 6:30 p.m. Thursday when Windsor faces Northern Conference leader Loveland at Ray Patterson Field in Loveland.

Loveland, ranked No. 4 in Class 4A by the CHSAANow.com football poll before this week’s poll was released, is 5-0. With Windsor already having a conference loss, this is a virtual must-win if the Wizards want to retain their Northern Conference title.

Loveland scores an impressive 40 points per game, while allowing 18. The Indians have a fairly balanced attack that rushes for 239 yards per game and passes for 177.